“Work is not a shameful thing but I wouldn’t want to see our daughters sinking this low, especially as long as our natural resources are plentiful and are disseminated around the world,” Badar wrote. “May Allah punish the corrupt.”

Migrant labor, another contentious issue in Saudi Arabia, also featured in the responses. “City Hall should set up a stall for them,” Muhammad ALatran wrote. “The authorities should facilitate women’s labor and empower them. The foreigners are usurping all the good of our country.”

Some men seized the opportunity to take a jab at feminists. “Will these women’s rights activists be required to find work for these respectable girls? Of course not. All they want it depraved freedom.”